Bolivien. Forbidden voices: Torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment under drug policy in Bolivia

Background

An ignored sphere of state violence in Bolivia is the implementation of the
prohibitionist drug policy, which, among other legal norms, is expressed in Law 10082. Prisons are overcrowded with people who use drugs and those suffering from addiction or drug dependence, individuals who sell small quantities of substances to survive, and other low-level participants in the drug trade.

In the past decade, there have also been repeated cases of state persecution and imprisonment of coca leaf producers from a specific region of the country:
Los Yungas in the department of La Paz. People from the aforementioned social groups are those who suffer torture and other cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment, both during police operations and in detention cells of investigative bodies, in prisons, and in so-called “rehabilitation centers.” These forms of violence also contain racist, class-based, and gender-discriminatory elements. (Accion Andina Bolivia, Gloria R. Achá, programa LIBERTAS, Bolivien, 2025)

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